New leaf springs & CalTracs

Dave, I cut a piece of heater hose about 2 1/2" long, slit it, and put it over the front pivot to keep things quiet. For adjustment, I jounce the car several times to get it static, run the pivot bar up by hand until it's snug, then 1/2 turn with a wrench. This works best for me on the street...

 

Thanks Russ, I was wondering if they would make any noise.

 

did the aluminum bushings come with, or did you have to purchase separately?

 

Wonder how they would work with the rubber bushings, if at all?

 

The solid bushings come with the Cal Tracs

 

I have the...stock rubber bushings...so far so good...

 

The car actually rides pretty good with them.

 

I would have expected some noise transfer...

 

All the noise is from inside the car..

I always wondered if there are really any significant benifits adding these to a daily driver.

 

Not till somebody else's daily driver wants to see who is best.......

 

None that I noticed, maybe the occasional clicking, as they connect with the leaf spring. They really change the way the car takes off, it doesn't squat at all.

 

One of these days I'll remove the shackles I made and swap to some of these.
Definitely into solid bushings at the same time. My car is so noisy you'd never know if they were making a racket or not.
I wonder if these could be had with the perch scooted forward an inch?
Hmm...

 

Dave, would you be able to post a pic of your CalTracs installed?
I'm wondering if they will clear my side exit exhaust that is in front of the rear tires.

 

Let me know, if this answers the questions.

 

clean looking...